First half of 2018 saw $3.4B in digital health deals: 5 report highlights

The first six months of 2018 recorded $3.4 billion in digital health funding, according to Rock Health's mid-year funding review.

The report, which reviews deals for digital health startups, notes digital health investments in the first half of the year mark another record for the sector.

Here are five report highlights: 

1. The average investment size was $17.9 million.

2. Four deals were valued at more than $100 million. These include HeartFlow ($240 million), Helix ($200 million), Collective Health ($110 million) and Livongo ($105 million).

3. Sixty-two percent of investors were repeat investors, meaning they had already  participated in at least one digital health deal since 2011, up from 51 percent in the same period one year prior.

4. So far in 2018,  there have been 60 disclosed digital health acquisitions.  

5. The three largest acquisitions in the first half of 2018 include Roche's acquisition of Flatiron Health ($1.9 billion), Inovalon's acquisition of Ability Network ($1.2 billion) and Amazon's acquisition of PillPack ($1 billion).

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